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Hoyle v. Moore's Devisees 4 Ired.Eq. 175, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1845) 1845 We much regret it is not in our power to grant to the plaintiff the relief he seeks. The Bill, no doubt from haste, is so inartificially drawn, that we cannot give him the instructions required. It is a general rule in Equity, that all the persons, however numerous they may be, who are interested in the subject of a suit, must be made parties,...   Cases  
Hughes v. Garrett 8 Ala. 483, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1845) 1845 Appeal from the Court of Chancery for the 39th District.   Cases  
Hyde v. Craddick 10 Rob. (LA) 387, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1845) 1845 The plaintiffs, judgment creditors of one Joshua J. Hall, instituted this action before the District Court of the First District, praying that certain real property, which had been conveyed from Hall, through several intermediate vendees, to the defendant, might be adjudged to be still the property of their debtor, the conveyances annulled as...   Cases  
Ingalls v. Bills 9 Metcalf 1, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (March 01, 1845) 1845 Proprietors of coaches, who carry passengers for hire, are answerable to a passenger for an injury which happens by reason of any defect in a coach, which might have been discovered by the most careful and thorough examination, but not for an injury which happens by reason of a hidden defect which could not, upon such examination, have been...   Cases  
Jenkins v. Brown 25 Tenn. 299, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1845) 1845 Barton W. Jenkins executed his note with the complainant, as his surety, to Alexander H. Brown, the defendant, for the sum of $2,424.37; upon which, a judgment at law having been rendered, this bill of injunction is filed, asking relief upon the ground that the money which formed the consideration of the notes, and which was lent Barton W. Jenkins,...   Cases  
Jenkins v. Theriot 11 Rob. (LA) 450, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1845) 1845 Appeal from the District Court of St. Martin, King, J.   Cases  
Jennings v. Montague 2 Gratt. 350, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (October 01, 1845) 1845 1. The act of February 17th, 1827, Sup. Rev. Code, p. 222, entitled an act to prescribe the method of proceeding in suits, and on petition for divorces, which empowers the Chancery Court to restore to the injured party, as far as practicable, the rights of property conferred by the marriage on the other, does not...   Cases  
Johnson v. Commonwealth 2 Gratt. 581, General Court of Virginia (December 01, 1845) 1845 The prisoner was indicted, on various counts, in the Circuit Superior Court of Henrico, for rebellion, with intent to kill and murder, committed in the penitentiary; he being, at the time, confined therein as a felon. He was found guilty on each count, and sentence of death passed upon him. His offence is defined by the act passed February 3, 1844;...   Cases  
Johnston v. Branch Bank at Montgomery 7 Ala. 379, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1845) 1845 Writ of error to the Circuit Court of Montgomery.   Cases  
Julian v. Reynolds 8 Ala. 680, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1845) 1845 Writ of Error to the Court of Chancery sitting in Lowndes county.   Cases  
Kee's Ex'r v. Kee's Creditors 2 Gratt. 117, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (April 01, 1845) 1845 The first and preliminary question in this case, is, were there proper parties before the Court when the decree appealed from was rendered? The supposed defect of parties results from the death of Hall, one of the executors of Kee, which was suggested in the Circuit Court at the term at which the decree was rendered, and the failure to revive the...   Cases  
Kelly's Devisees v. Kelly 5 B.Mon. 369, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (April 30, 1845) 1845 Wills. APPEAL FROM THE WASHINGTON CIRCUIT. The question sta ted. THE County Court of Marion having admitted to record, a testamentary paper, purporting to be the last will and testament of Priscilla Kelly, a married woman, which had been offered for probate by the executor and devisees, and opposed by her husband, George P. Kelly, an appeal was...   Cases  
Kent v. Long 8 Ala. 44, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1845) 1845 Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Butler.   Cases  
King v. Sharp 25 Tenn. 55, Supreme Court of Tennessee (September 01, 1845) 1845 John King, the ancestor of the complainants, made his will in 1798, and shortly thereafter died. In the first clause of the will is the following bequest, viz.: I do leave and bequeath to my beloved wife, Mary King, horses, cows, sheep, and hogs, with the household furniture, to be wholly and solely at her disposal; and likewise Sam, Nan,...   Cases  
King v. Trice 3 Ired.Eq. 568, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1845) 1845 Where one purchased land bona fide, without notice of any fraud or trust, he is entitled to the benefit of his purchase, although there may have been fraud in the transaction, by which his vendor acquired the legal title. A debtor, after his arrest upon a ca. sa. may transfer his property, bona fide, for the purpose of discharging any debts he may...   Cases  
Labiche v. Lewis 12 Rob. (LA) 8, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1845) 1845 Appeal from the District Court of St. Landry, King, J.   Cases  
Lagrange v. Barre 11 Rob. (LA) 302, Supreme Court of Louisiana (July 01, 1845) 1845 Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J.   Cases  
Lallande v. Lee 9 Rob. (LA) 514, Supreme Court of Louisiana (February 01, 1845) 1845 Appeal from the District Court of Point CoupĂ©e, Nicholls, J.   Cases  
Lamkin v. Crawford 8 Ala. 153, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1845) 1845 Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Lowndes.   Cases  
Lane v. Vick 44 U.S. 464, Supreme Court of the United States (January 01, 1845) 1845 Newit Vick made the following devises, viz.: 2dly. I will and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Elizabeth Vick, one equal share of all my personal estate, as is to be divided between her and all of my children, as her own right, and at her own disposal during her natural life; and also, for the term of her life on earth, the tract of land at the Open...   Cases  
Laurens v. McGrath 1 Rich.Eq. 296, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (March 01, 1845) 1845 Testatrix directed that her debts should be paid and satisfied in such manner and way, as her mother, Ann Lehre, (her executrix) should deem most advisable for her own interest, and then made several specific devises and bequests, some of which were to her mother. Held, that Mrs Lehre, the executrix, in paying debts, was...   Cases  
Le Prince v. Guillemot 1 Rich.Eq. 187, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (January 01, 1845) 1845 A contract, entered into in France, between husband and wife, and their parents, before the marriage, and in contemplation thereof, whereby the parents mutually stipulated to advance, as a marriage portion, each the sum of forty thousand francs, payable at their, the parents, pleasure, but bearing an annual interest until paid of 5 per cent, with a...   Cases  
Leach v. Williams 8 Ala. 759, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1845) 1845 Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Perry.   Cases  
Leaycraft v. Hedden 4 N.J. Eq. 512, Court of Chancery of New Jersey (January 01, 1845) 1845 A feme covert is regarded in equity as a feme sole, in respect to her separate estate, so far as to enable her to dispose of it in any way not inconsistent with the terms of the instrument under which she holds. If by the deed of settlement the husband has relinguished any right which he might have acquired in her estate by the marriage, and...   Cases  
Lecompte v. Wash 9 Mo. 551, Supreme Court of Missouri (October 01, 1845) 1845 Hyacinth Lecompte, and his wife, Cecile, filed their petition in the Circuit Court of St. Louis, for an assignment of dower to said Cecile, in the lands of her first husband, Antoine Bisette. The petition stated that the maiden name of the defendant was Cecile Compare; that in the year 1806, she married Antoine Bisette; that said Bisette was seized...   Cases  
Leiper v. Gewin 8 Ala. 326, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1845) 1845 Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Lawrence county.   Cases  
Lemacks v. Glover 1 Rich.Eq. 141, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (January 01, 1845) 1845 Testator bequeathed the use of personal property to his sister Jane, and after her death, bequeathed the same to the heirs of her body, to them and their heirs and assigns forever.Held, (1) that the words heirs of the body were words of purchase; (2) that all who answered the description of heirs of the body at the death of Jane were...   Cases  
Lentz v. Chambers 5 Ired. 587, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1845) 1845 If a sheriff sell, under an execution, property, which does not belong to the defendant in the execution, and the plaintiff in the execution, with a knowledge that the money was so wrongfully raised, receives it from the sheriff, he is guilty of the tort, equally with the sheriff. But where the real owner of the property is present at the sale and...   Cases  
Lewis v. Spann 1 Rich. 429, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (May 01, 1845) 1845 In an action on an administration bond against the sureties, plaintiff, in his replication to the plea of performance, alleged a judgment recovered by A, against the administratrix, on a debt of her intestate, and a devastavit. The rejoinder alleged that partition had been had in the Court of Equity, of the property of the intestate, before A's...   Cases  
Lexington & Harrodsburg Turnpike Road Co. v. McMurtry 6 B.Mon. 214, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (October 16, 1845) 1845 The case stated AT the August term, 1843, of the Jessamine County Court, each of these parties having applied to that Court for a grant of the ferry privilege across the Kentucky river, where the Lexington and Harrodsburg Turnpike Road strike the river, an order or orders were made refusing the privilege to McMurtry and granting it to the Turnpike...   Cases  
Lightfoot v. Strahan 7 Ala. 444, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1845) 1845 Writ of error to the Circuit Court of Chambers.   Cases  
Ligon v. Irvine 1 Rich. 502, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (May 01, 1845) 1845 Action against O. B. Irvine, on a promissory note, as follows: We promise to pay B. L. for work done on the building of the G. S. Comp. O. B. Irvine, Pres. G. S. C. It was admitted that the letters G. S. C. meant the Glen Springs Company, and that the defendant was the president and agent of the company. Held that...   Cases The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled.
Litchfield v. Allen 7 Ala. 779, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1845) 1845 Writ of error to the Circuit Court of Greene.   Cases  
Lockett v. Merchants' Ins. Co. of New Orleans 10 Rob. (LA) 339, Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 01, 1845) 1845 Appeal from the Commercial Court of New Orleans, Watts, J.   Cases  
Logan v. Simmons 3 Ired.Eq. 487, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1845) 1845 Where a woman, who was about to be married, made a voluntary conveyance of all her valuable property, on the day before the marriage, without the assent or knowledge of her intended husband, to a son by a former marriage, and it was agreed that this conveyance should be kept secret; Held that a Court of Equity will consider it a fraud upon the...   Cases  
Loomis v. Allen 7 Ala. 706, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1845) 1845 Error to the Circuit Court of Sumter.   Cases  
Lowndes v. Pinckney 1 Rich.Eq. 155, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (January 01, 1845) 1845 Whenever a master or commissioner takes charge of funds or estates, under an order or decree of the court, he shall be held to act officially, and the sureties to his official bond will be liable for his acts, unless he has, by the order or decree, been expressly appointed a receiver, and has given bond and security as required by the Act of 1821....   Cases  
Lyons v. Flower 10 Rob. (LA) 185, Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 01, 1845) 1845 Appeal from a judgment of the Commercial Court of New Orleans, Watts, J.   Cases  
Maddox v. Sullivan 2 Rich.Eq. 4, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (December 01, 1845) 1845 The testimony of one witness, though in some degree supported by corroborating circumstances, held insufficient to disprove defendant's answer. Where the testimony of one witness and corroborating circumstances are relied on to disprove an answer, the circumstances must, it seems, be such that, standing alone, a reasonable conclusion, as to the...   Cases  
Manes v. Durant 2 Rich.Eq. 404, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (March 01, 1845) 1845 A husband is regarded as a purchaser for valuable consideration of all the personal property in possession of the wife. A secret conveyance, therefore, to a trustee by the wife on the eve of the marriage, of her personal property in possession, even where the object is to make a reasonable provision for the children of a former marriage, is...   Cases  
Marigny v. Union Bank 12 Rob. (LA) 283, Supreme Court of Louisiana (December 01, 1845) 1845 Appeal from the Parish Court of New Orleans, Maurian, J.   Cases  
Marriott v. Givens 8 Ala. 694, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1845) 1845 Appeal from the Court of Chancery for the 39th District.   Cases  
Marshall v. Grand Gulf R.R. and Banking Co. 12 Rob. (LA) 198, Supreme Court of Louisiana (October 01, 1845) 1845 Appeal from the District Court of Madison, Willson, J.   Cases  
Marshall v. Hutchison 5 B.Mon. 298, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (April 16, 1845) 1845 Case stated in the bill. THE appellants exhibited their bill against James E. Hutchison, Joseph Tucker, and Caleb Morris, setting up claims upon Hutchison and charging him with having made a fraudulent disposition of his property, with a view to hinder, delay, and defraud his creditors, and more especially in the pretended sale and conveyance of...   Cases  
Martin & Walter v. Evans 2 Rich.Eq. 368, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (May 01, 1845) 1845 This suit is on behalf of the creditors of Thomas Evans, Sr. The sheriff testified that he had exhausted all the property of Thomas Evans, Sr., and that there remained in his office unsatisfied executions to the amount of about twenty thousand dollars, and that he had Thomas Evans now in his custody, applying for the benefit of the insolvent...   Cases  
Martin v. Harding 3 Ired.Eq. 603, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1845) 1845 We think that the judge should have sustained the demurrer. The plaintiff admits in his bill, that, at law, he confessed the truth of the defendant's plea of plene administravit. He then could proceed in one of two ways; either to take a judgment quando, or sue a scire facias against the heirs to subject the land. He deliberately chose the latter...   Cases  
Mason v. Watts 7 Ala. 703, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1845) 1845 Writ of error to the Circuit Court of Wilcox.   Cases  
Mayes v. Smith 11 Rob. (LA) 503, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1845) 1845 Appeal from the District Court of St. Mary, Boyce, J.   Cases  
Mayo v. Stroud 12 Rob. (LA) 105, Supreme Court of Louisiana (October 01, 1845) 1845 Appeal from the Court of Probates of Caldwell, Snow, J.   Cases The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled.
Mazerolle v. Francoise 9 Rob. (LA) 528, Supreme Court of Louisiana (February 01, 1845) 1845 Appeal from the District Court of Assumption, Deblieux, J.   Cases  
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